Baby Buddha belly

Eli loves his little swimming pool. I love his little belly and his cute little swim trunks

Meaning business

The kids were playing together in Noah's room and I told them it was time to clean up. Noah said "Ella, we better do what she says. Mom doesn't mess around".

That's just the way life works

This morning in the car Ella pipes up " Mom, I don't want you to die". Noah says "all living things will die eventually Ella". Ella asked "why?" Noah said "that's just the way life works. So you better make the best of this life you have". What a smart boy.

Minnesota Photos

Eli had so much fun swimming in the pool. The other kids did, too, but I didn't get any good pictures of them because it was an indoor pool and was very humid in there, so my camera lens kept fogging up.

The boys with Uncle Lloyd. All the kids in our family LOVE Uncle Lloyd.

It was so great to see my grandma. She is amazing.

Eli with my cousin's baby, Maddox. They were so funny with their water bottles.

Nothing says "relaxing vacation" like a quick trip to Minnesota with three children!

Okay, so it wasn't at all relaxing, but it was a lot of fun and a great memory for the kids. We went to visit my grandma and to see relatives at a family reunion in Minnesota this week-end. We left on Friday morning, went to the reunion on Saturday, and drove home on Sunday. The kids loved swimming in the pool. I remember being a kid and how much I loved swimming in hotel pools. I'm not sure when the tide changed, but now I do not love swimming in hotel pools! But I love watching my kids have fun and they definitely did!

It was fun to see our Minnesota relatives and to talk with my Grandma. In the middle of the picnic which was at a park, the sky got really overcast and all of a sudden it started hailing and then raining, and then it was sunny again. The kids thought the crazy weather was pretty exciting. Ella was not excited, though, that the playground equipment was all under a foot of water. She got over it when she found some other little girls to play with who had some bubbles to share.

The kids all traveled surprisingly well. The stop at Target about 2 hours into our trip to replace our broken DVD player helped a lot. As did Noah's Nintendo DSi. Eli surprised me by being a really great traveler. He had some moments of incessant wailing, but then he would fall asleep and wake up his happy self.

Even though it was a fun time, we are all glad to be home. I am excited to sleep in my own bed and shower in my own bathroom!

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!!!!!

It is HOT outside. It is day 4 of 100+ degree temperatures and high humidity. It is miserable outside!! The kids and I have been trying to keep cool by setting up the little pool in the backyard, turning on the sprinklers, and spending some time at my brother's apartment pool. and by staying in the house as much as possible.

The kids are being really sweet lately and spending a lot of time together playing and getting along well. They ask if they can have sleepovers together in Noah's room and spend their rest times reading books together. In the mornings they get up and Noah makes breakfast for both of them and then they find something to play, this morning it was "school". Eli, bless his heart, sleeps until 9:30 or 10:00 if I don't have to wake him up, so then I am able to sleep in too.

Noah has finished his group tennis lessons that he took through the city. He is now taking some semi-private lessons with his friend, Ian, from Aria, whose mom works with me and who also teaches the Learn to Play lessons through the city. He really enjoys tennis. I think it's because it keeps his attention since he is always playing.

6 Months!!!!

I am still far behind! Eli will be 7 months in a few days. Thought I should post these 6 month photos. He is still my sweet little love. At 6 months he started sitting up and he is really trying to start crawling. So far he has just perfected the worm and rocks back and forth on his tummy.